On December 29, B2ST's Yang Yo Seob has been featured in the prestigious New York Times, which introduced him as Korea's pop-star and musical representative.
With the topic of ‘K-Pop meets the Broadway,’ the popular magazine has evaluated Korea’s Musical market, beginning from the ‘Joseph Amazing,’ which is a musical wherein Yang Yo Seob was casted as the lead role.
In the article, The New York Times have introduced Yang Yo Seob and his group's perforce video. Absolutely, the news outlet have explained how Yang Yo Seob captures women’s heart by his acting in the musical.
It was reported that 1000 viewers were amazed whenever Yang Yo Seob was on the spotlight, and the people have cried since Yang Yo Seob performance in the Korean version of ‘Close Every Door.’
Yang Yo Seob stated in an interview, “In K-Pop performance, I’m always with other members that I don’t feel burdensome. But when on the musical performance, I feel the pressure to study more about musical. I believe popularity disappears soon if the capacity doesn\'t go along with it. I always practice hard to develop my musical capacity.”
Furthermore, Yang Yo Seob has been hailed as "Korea's Heartthrob Star.". He is now working as main vocal of Beast, musical actor, and solo singer, firmly establishing himself as a sentimental vocalist.